Mike Armstrong
Michael Dennis Armstrong
Born: March 7, 1954
Glen Cove, NY US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 193
Draft: Round 9 (1972 June Amateur Draft, Cleveland Indians)
Draft: Round 1 (1974 January Amateur Draft, Cincinnati Reds)
School: North Shore HS (Sea Cliff, NY)
Miami (FL)
Career: 1974-1987
Major League Statistics
Mike Armstrong compiled a career record of 78 wins and 74 losses, with 50 saves, and a 3.42 ERA in his 344-game pitching career with the Seattle Rainiers, Tampa Tarpons, Trois Rivieres Aigles, Chattanooga Lookouts, Indianapolis Indians, Amarillo Gold Sox, Nashville Sounds, Hawaii Islanders, Omaha Royals, Fort Lauderdale Yankees, Columbus Clippers and Buffalo Bisons. He began playing during the 1974 season and last took the field during the 1987 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Short Season A | NORW | Seattle Rainiers | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.65 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 85 | 45 | 30 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 86 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 1974 | A | FLOR | Tampa Tarpons | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1975 | AA | EL | Trois Rivieres Aigles | 5 | 10 | .333 | 2.70 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 | 116 | 55 | 45 | 6 | 44 | 4 | 86 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1976 | AA | EL | Trois Rivieres Aigles | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.51 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 146.0 | 143 | 77 | 57 | 16 | 52 | 2 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1977 | AA | EL | Trois Rivieres Aigles | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.77 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 184.0 | 185 | 91 | 77 | 15 | 83 | 5 | 107 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1978 | AA | SOUL | Chattanooga Lookouts | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.04 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 74.0 | 61 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 37 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1978 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.65 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1979 | AA | SOUL | Nashville Sounds | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.38 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64.0 | 58 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1979 | AA | TL | Amarillo Gold Sox | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.48 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 32 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1979 | AAA | PCL | Hawaii Islanders | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | AAA | PCL | Hawaii Islanders | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.95 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 74.0 | 48 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1981 | AAA | PCL | Hawaii Islanders | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.50 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36.0 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1982 | AAA | AA2 | Omaha Royals | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.21 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.0 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1984 | A | FLOR | Fort Lauderdale Yankees | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.77 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1985 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.64 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40.7 | 49 | 31 | 30 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1986 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.08 | 31 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106.0 | 103 | 54 | 48 | 8 | 53 | 2 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1987 | AAA | AA2 | Buffalo Bisons | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.12 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26.0 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1987 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 74 | .513 | 3.42 | 344 | 119 | 64 | 24 | 5 | 50 | 1120.7 | 1014 | 522 | 426 | 86 | 502 | 26 | 863 | 41 | 5 | 58 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | AA | EL | Trois Rivieres Aigles | 25 | 54 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .149 | .167 | .149 | .316 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | AA | EL | Trois Rivieres Aigles | 24 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | AA | SOUL | Nashville Sounds | 34 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1986 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 130 | 96 | 84 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .143 | .182 | .167 | .348 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | A | FLOR | Tampa Tarpons | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 |
| 1974 | Short Season A | NORW | Seattle Rainiers | P | 15 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.467 |
| 1975 | AA | EL | Trois Rivieres Aigles | P | 25 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.000 |
| 1976 | AA | EL | Trois Rivieres Aigles | P | 24 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .815 | .917 |
| 1977 | AA | EL | Trois Rivieres Aigles | P | 30 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .878 | 1.200 |
| 1978 | AA | SOUL | Chattanooga Lookouts | P | 31 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .765 | .419 |
| 1978 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 |
| 1979 | AA | TL | Amarillo Gold Sox | P | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 1979 | AA | SOUL | Nashville Sounds | P | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .250 |
| 1979 | AAA | PCL | Hawaii Islanders | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 |
| 1980 | AAA | PCL | Hawaii Islanders | P | 42 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 |
| 1981 | AAA | PCL | Hawaii Islanders | P | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 |
| 1982 | AAA | AA2 | Omaha Royals | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .400 |
| 1984 | A | FLOR | Fort Lauderdale Yankees | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 1985 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | P | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 |
| 1986 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | P | 31 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .484 |
| 1987 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 1987 | AAA | AA2 | Buffalo Bisons | P | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 |
| Totals | 344 | 53 | 129 | 22 | 8 | .892 | .529 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Short Season A | Northwest League | Seattle Rainiers | CIN | ||
| 1974 | A | Florida State League | Tampa Tarpons | CIN | ||
| 1975 | AA | Eastern League | Trois Rivieres Aigles | CIN | ||
| 1976 | AA | Eastern League | Trois Rivieres Aigles | CIN | ||
| 1977 | AA | Eastern League | Trois Rivieres Aigles | CIN | ||
| 1978 | AA | Southern League | Chattanooga Lookouts | CLE | ||
| 1978 | AAA | American Association 2 | Indianapolis Indians | CIN | ||
| 1979 | AA | Texas League | Amarillo Gold Sox | SDN | ||
| 1979 | AA | Southern League | Nashville Sounds | CIN | ||
| 1979 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Hawaii Islanders | SDN | ||
| 1980 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Hawaii Islanders | SDN | ||
| 1981 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Hawaii Islanders | SDN | ||
| 1982 | AAA | American Association 2 | Omaha Royals | KCA | ||
| 1984 | A | Florida State League | Fort Lauderdale Yankees | NYA | ||
| 1985 | AAA | International League | Columbus Clippers | NYA | ||
| 1986 | AAA | International League | Columbus Clippers | NYA | ||
| 1987 | AAA | International League | Columbus Clippers | NYA | ||
| 1987 | AAA | American Association 2 | Buffalo Bisons | CLE |
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